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A sloppy, lazy, unintentionally laughable sequel.
A meta-American movie, a Godardian spoof of the whole genre, an attempt to see how stupid and insulting a motion picture can be and still be a big hit.
Taken 2 is more of the same, except a little bigger, a little dumber, and a little less invigorating.
So lazily put together that it relies on flashbacks from its predecessor for the majority of its character development.
Neeson, despite having turned 60 in June, looks spritely enough in the role, and more than capable of another go-round should Taken 2 match its predecessor's success.
As much as this picture is action driven, its greatest delights are grounded in personality, in the fun of having a protagonist who combines homespun values with velociraptor functionality.
"Taken 2" is really, really goofy -- it's even goofier because it thinks it's about the futility of vengeance -- but Liam Neeson almost makes you buy it.
Taken 2 is content to play out as a familiar and lesser version of its predecessor.
Good action. Neeson rocks as the death-dealing American ex-spy. What else do you need? Maybe "Taken 3″ isn't such a bad idea.
Taken 2 is a pointless sequel that tries to capitalize on everything that worked in the first film, without actually including any of it.
The proceedings don't flow with the raw urgency of the first film, taking on the forced tone of a Die Hard sequel.
This is a halfway decent action film, but I do hope if they make another sequel of this, they make a better one.
More is definitely less in this sequel.
Yeah, 'Taken 2' is pretty much the same movie that 'Taken' was. Like its predecessor, it's preposterous and over-the-top. And, boy, is this actioner ever just plain fun.
If there were any justice in the world, this would be the movie inspiring mass riots. It's that bad.
On the evidence of this cheesy sequel, Neeson is in danger of becoming the new Steven Seagal.
Despite some pretty silly plot holes, this is a relatively entertaining hour and a half.
If you lie with dogs, you get fleas; if you go to Europe with Liam Neeson, you get kidnapped.
... less credible, less suspenseful and less satisfying than it was before.
Unfortunately -- and somewhat embarrassingly for the human race -- there appears to be a sizable market for movies as blitheringly idiotic as this.
Like American filmmakers, it seems the French don't know when to quit, either.
There's an endless car chase that somehow manages to run 100 minutes in a 90-minute movie. Unless my math is way off, in which case it just felt that way.
Hard-luck bodyguard Liam Neeson is back in action, this time tracking down his abducted wife in Istanbul in an efficient sequel to the hit Taken.
Still delivers what the fans want to see: Liam Neeson being a total badass.
Neeson Caters to his Audience in Taken 2.
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Even so, the main reason the first one was such a success was that we got to see Neeson kill everyone while playing it completely straight, and that's still present here. There's even an interesting inversion of the first film's premise at one point. "Taken 2" is stupider than the first film, but luckily for this series, being stupid is one of its advantages.